An object is attached to a spring balance and its weight determined in air. It is then gently lowered into a beaker containing water. (i) State...

      

An object is attached to a spring balance and its weight determined in air. It is then gently lowered into a beaker containing water.
(i) State what happens to the reading.
(ii) Explain the force that causes observation in (i) above.

  

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Kavungya
(i) The reading reduces.
(ii) The up thrust force which act upwards act on the weight reducing the reading.
Kavungya answered the question on May 30, 2019 at 14:08


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